C++ set - rend() Function

The C++ set::rend function returns the reverse iterator pointing to the element preceding the first element (reversed past-the-last element) of the set. A reverse iterator iterates in backward direction and increasing it results into moving to the beginning of the set container. Similarly, decreasing a reverse iterator results into moving to the end of the set container.

Note: Set is an ordered data container which implies all its elements are ordered all the time.

Syntax

• C++98
• C++11

reverse_iterator rend();
const_reverse_iterator rend() const;

reverse_iterator rend() noexcept;
const_reverse_iterator rend() const noexcept;

Parameters

No parameter is required.

Return Value

A reverse iterator to the reversed past-the-last element of the sequence container. If the sequence object is constant qualified, the function returns a const_reverse_iterator, else returns an reverse_iterator.

Time Complexity

Constant i.e, Θ(1).

Example:

In the example below, the set::rend function returns the reverse iterator pointing to the element preceding the first element of the set MySet.

#include <iostream>
#include <set>
using namespace std;
 
int main (){
  set<string> MySet{"Alpha","Coding","Skills"};
  set<string>::reverse_iterator rit;

  rit = MySet.rend();
  rit--;
  cout<<*rit<<" ";
  rit--;
  cout<<*rit<<" ";
  rit--;
  cout<<*rit<<" ";
  return 0;
}

The output of the above code will be:

Alpha Coding Skills

Example:

Lets see another example where the set called MySet contains integer values and set::rend function is used with set::rbegin function to specify a range including all elements of the set container. Please note that, Set is an ordered data container.

#include <iostream>
#include <set>
using namespace std;
 
int main (){
  set<int> MySet{55, 25, 128, 5, 72};
  set<int>::reverse_iterator rit;

  for(rit = MySet.rbegin(); rit != MySet.rend(); ++rit)
    cout<<*rit<<" ";

  return 0;
}

The output of the above code will be:

128 72 55 25 5